drove the 308 QV to the local watering hole, nice place, band played outdoors, had tables outdoors and got a prime parking spot, so the 308 was in full view.

Anyhoooooo, some yoyo's were looking at the car, and one lame brain commented....that's a kit car....you know, they use the Fiero chassis......the chickey poo I was with said "Aren't you going to say something to that guy?"

I said "Why waste my time on an idiot? It is obvious this guy doesn't know his A-hole form a hole in the ground."

Pretty funny. A friend of mine is a parking meter reader in town. Apparently a guy in a 355 had been parking illegally or over running the meter for several days. He would always come running out when he was about to get issued a ticket and my buddy was kind enough not to write him one. He said the guy was real arrogant. After about the fifth infraction, he finally wrote the ticket. In the box for "car make" he wrote "kit car" (knowing full well it was real). He said the 355 came flying around the corner about 15 minutes later with the driver yelling something like - "I SPENT $150 GRAND ON THIS CAR, IT ISN'T A GODDAMN KIT CAR!" My friend was sure that hurt him a lot more than the $15 ticket.

I have heard of stories where real, less flashy, AC Cobras have been overlooked for the wide arched racy looking replicas.

I think if what other people think worries you too much you are probably buying the car for slightly the wrong reasons, i.e. the 355 guy Keith mentioned is obviously a poser, and I wish I had witnessed that prank ... probably the fastest he has ever driven the car, might have even tested is driving skill level.

Thus I imagine most people on this site would just get in their real car and zoom off smiling ...

I have heard of stories where real, less flashy, AC Cobras have been overlooked for the wide arched racy looking replicas.

I think if what other people think worries you too much you are probably buying the car for slightly the wrong reasons, i.e. the 355 guy Keith mentioned is obviously a poser, and I wish I had witnessed that prank ... probably the fastest he has ever driven the car, might have even tested is driving skill level.

Thus I imagine most people on this site would just get in their real car and zoom off smiling ...